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I have hardly posted any forums posts in my time on this site, but I had to vent my frustrations with this anime.

So far this has been one of the most boring experiences I've had in awhile watching a show, and it really is a shame, seeing that I love both the sport of basketball and the sports anime genre. I came into this anime with decent hopes and expectations, hoping it could one-up the completely unrealistic Kuroko no Basket, but after 18 long, drawn out episodes, I've been boringly let down.

It's realistic, don't get me wrong, but it's realism is so strong to the ... point that its boring and drags the show down. It interjects formation after formation that a brand new team has no business running, and boringly explains each one. The characters are passable, but no single character really sticks out and makes me interested in the show. Compared to the previously mentioned Kuroko no Basket, those characters, however cliche and overpowered they were, at least interested me.

Lastly, the thing that bugs me and bores me the most, is the animation. I can't stress this enough, the animation is god awful. If you are going to make a sports anime, you almost certainly need some at least decent animation. Kuroko no Basket had amazing animation to keep its audience interested, and to compare it to other sports anime, Haikyuu and even Free! had great animation to back up their flaws. I'd be able to excuse this glaring flaw if they had covered their asses with the previous points I have mentioned so far, but literally everything about this show has been poorly executed in terms of a sports anime.

You can excuse the lack of a good art style or decent animation quality to studio or budget, but I really don't care to. Like I said, this show has done nothing but give me reasons to dislike it, Maybe if i got a decent backstory or two, or maybe a cool scoring sequence I could rewatch on youtube later, then i would care, but for now, 18 episodes in, I'll remain this way.

I really hate to be that one anime fan complaining about a show online, but man this show just isn't good, and i needed to see if there was anime sharing my opinions. I'll probably continue watching for one or two more episodes to close out this arc, but after that there is really no point. I'd rather watch the shit show Kuroko no Basket all over again.